European Club Cup 2023 R4: Carlsen and Raunak power Offerspill Sjakklubb's fourth win
Magnus Carlsen and Raunak Sadhwani's victories ensured their team Offerspill Sjakklubb register their fourth win at 38th European Chess Club Open 2023. The world no.1 scored a smooth win over Alexey Sarana of Sentimento Ajka BSK. Raunak's hat-trick was in jeopardy as he was lost for quite some time in the middlegame against the Slovakia no.1 Jergus Pechac. Vishy Anand drew his second game in-a-row against Bassem Amin. Anand's team Superchess won against Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. 2.5-3.5. Nihal Sarin drew against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, although his team Tajfun SK Ljubljana lost to Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier 2.5-3.5. Aditya Mittal (Gambit Asseco-SEE) drew against Alexei Shirov (Schachgesellschaft Zurich). Round 5 starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Niki Riga/ECCC 2023
Nihal and Aditya Mittal draw against MVL and Shirov
Tajfun SK Ljubljana might be sad with their loss in the Open section. They have reasons to rejoice as their team defeated Garuda Ajka BSK 1.5-2.5 in the Women's section to gain sole lead 8/8. IM Nataliya Buksa and IM Laura Unuk scored the crucial victories for the team. Laura defeated the FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 Silver medalist, IM Nurgyul Salimova.
Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. - Superchess: 2.5-3.5
Vishy Anand (2754) drew against Bassem Amin (2680). Jorden van Foreest (2707) and Kirill Shevchenko's (2671) wins ensured Superchess beats Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. by a minimum margin 2.5-3.5
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Offerspill Sjakklubb - Sentimento Ajka BSK: 3.5-2.5
GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) and GM Raunak Sadhwani (2641) scored the crucial victories for the team Offerspill Sjakklubb. GM Pranav Venkatesh (2579) drew against GM Csaba Balogh (2558).
Pechac - Raunak
Black needed to play 30...Bd6 to keep things under control. 30...Kh7? invited trouble 31.Qe2 Rg7 32.Ng4! fxg4 33.Rxc5 would have given White a decisive advantage. 31.g4 Rg7 32.g5 White still had the upper hand. However, an eventual blunder cost him the game.
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Tajfun SK Ljubljana - Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier: 2.5-3.5
Although Tajfun SK Ljubjlana lost to Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier by 2.5-3.5, Nihal Sarin (2694) managed to draw against the former World Blitz champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2727).
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Every day round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST from 1st to 7th October 2023. The final round on 7th October starts 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. The seven-round Swiss system tournament has a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The tournament will be taking place at Grand Blue FAFA Conference Hall in Durrës, Albania.
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Round 4 Open results
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | Superchess | 2½ | : | 3½ |
2 | Offerspill Sjakklubb *) | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 3½ | : | 2½ |
3 | Novy Bor | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | 3½ | : | 2½ |
4 | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | 2½ | : | 3½ |
5 | Rishon Lezion A | C' Chartres Echecs | 3 | : | 3 |
6 | Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova | Lunds ASK | 3 | : | 3 |
7 | Vugar Gashimov | Paul Keres 1 | 5½ | : | ½ |
8 | CE Le Cavalier Differdange *) | Chess Club Drejtesia-Trokadero | 3 | : | 3 |
9 | MRU - ROSK Consulting | Beer Sheva Chess Club | 1 | : | 5 |
10 | Gokturk Chess Sport Club | SK Dunajska Streda | 5½ | : | ½ |
Standings after Round 4
Rk. | SNo | FED | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
1 | 4 | NOR | Offerspill Sjakklubb | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 84 | 19,5 | 57 | 57 | |
2 | 3 | FRA | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 81 | 19,5 | 64 | 64 | |
3 | 2 | CZE | Novy Bor | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 75 | 18,5 | 61,5 | 61,5 | |
4 | 1 | ROU | Superchess | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 18 | 63,5 | 63,5 | |
5 | 9 | FRA | C' Chartres Echecs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 18 | 46 | 38,5 | |
6 | 10 | AZE | Vugar Gashimov | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 19 | 53 | 35 | |
7 | 5 | GER | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 17,5 | 59,5 | 41,5 | |
8 | 7 | SLO | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 18 | 58,5 | 39 | |
9 | 6 | TUR | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 68 | 17,5 | 53,5 | 35 | |
10 | 8 | HUN | Sentimento Ajka BSK | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 65 | 17 | 51,5 | 32 |
Round 5 Open pairings
No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
1 | Superchess | Asnieres - Le Grand Echiquier | : | ||
2 | Offerspill Sjakklubb *) | Novy Bor | : | ||
3 | C' Chartres Echecs | Schachclub Viernheim 1934 e.V. | : | ||
4 | Turkish Airlines Sports Club | Schachgesellschaft Riehen | : | ||
5 | SK Javes Modra | TAJFUN SK Ljubljana | : | ||
6 | Sentimento Ajka BSK | SK Rockaden | : | ||
7 | Vugar Gashimov | SV Werder Bremen | : | ||
8 | CE Le Cavalier Differdange *) | Paul Keres 2 | : | ||
9 | Beer Sheva Chess Club | Lunds ASK | : | ||
10 | Silla Chess Club | Gokturk Chess Sport Club | : | ||